Julia A. Haller, MD - Bristol Myers Squibb
Julia A. Haller, MD
Ophthalmologist-in-Chief, Wills Eye Hospital
Dr. Haller, age 70, has served since 2007 as ophthalmologist-in-chief of Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, where she holds the William Tasman, MD endowed chair. She is professor and chair of the department of ophthalmology at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University and Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals.
A magna cum laude graduate of Princeton, Dr. Haller received her MD degree from Harvard Medical School. She trained at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins where she served as the first female chief resident. She then joined the Johns Hopkins faculty, where she held the Katharine Graham Chair in Ophthalmology before her move to lead Wills.
One of the world's most renowned retina surgeons, Dr. Haller has innovated translational advances against blindness on many fronts, including sustained drug delivery devices, ocular pharmacotherapy, retinal "chip" implants, gene therapy, telemedicine and combating health care disparities. Elected to the National Academy of Medicine where she chairs Section 6, she has held many leadership roles in medicine and her community. She is president of the American Ophthalmological Society, chair of the Heed Ophthalmic Foundation Board, vice president of the Ophthalmology Foundation and president of the Macula Society. Dr. Haller also serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of the Philadelphia Orchestra and is a trustee emerita of Princeton University.
Dr. Haller currently serves as a director at Opthea Limited and Outlook Therapeutics, Inc., and is a former director of Eyenovia, Inc.